Shepherdia canadensis

Shepherdia canadensis
English: Canada buffaloberry,; Russet buffaloberry;; Soapberry; Foamberry; Ktunaxa.
Chinook: Soopolallie, soop for soap and olallie for berry.
Genus:
Region: Canada.
Habitat: open woodlands, thickets
Content: saponin chemicals
Use: edible berries.

Botany
Deciduous shrub; growing to a maximum of 1–4 m.
Fruit: red; taste both sweet and bitter, like sweetened coffee.

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